The other night I was flipping through the channels and found the movie "The Gallant Hours" on Turner Classic Movies. For anyone who hasn't seen it, Jimmy Cagney plays Admiral William Halsey and it follows Halsey through the defence of Guadacanal from Yammamoto and the Japanese fleet. Not a bad movie.
At the end of the movie TCM's host made a statement about Halsey getting involved with trying to turn the USS Enterprise (CV-6) into a museum. It was my understanding that Congress made a mandate that there would always be a ship named "Enterprise" on active duty with the Fleet. Since the Navy doesn't transfer ownership when a ship becomes a museum or monument, it considers it a long-term loan and the ship is placed on the inactive roster, a new ship couldn't be named Enterprise as long as CV-6 was in existance. Does anybody know anything about this?
At the end of the movie TCM's host made a statement about Halsey getting involved with trying to turn the USS Enterprise (CV-6) into a museum. It was my understanding that Congress made a mandate that there would always be a ship named "Enterprise" on active duty with the Fleet. Since the Navy doesn't transfer ownership when a ship becomes a museum or monument, it considers it a long-term loan and the ship is placed on the inactive roster, a new ship couldn't be named Enterprise as long as CV-6 was in existance. Does anybody know anything about this?
